Krista M. Donaldson (born 1973) is a Canadian–American engineer. She is the CEO of D-Rev, a product design and engineering company that specialises in products for less industrialised countries.
Krista Donaldson | |
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 Donaldson in 2011 | |
| Born | 1973 (age 50–51)[notes 1] Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Education | Vanderbilt University M.S.E., PhD, 2004, Stanford University |
| Known for | CEO of D-Rev |
Early life and education
editBorn and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Donaldson attended Queen Elizabeth High School before earning her engineering degrees from Vanderbilt University and Stanford University.[2]
Career
editPrior to D-Rev, Donaldson was an economic officer at the US Department of State where she worked on economic policy and the reconstruction of Iraq's electricity sector, and as a design engineer at KickStart in Nairobi, Kenya.[1] In 2009, Donaldson was recruited by Jim Patell to join D-Rev, a non-profit product design and engineering company that specialises in products for less industrialised countries.[3] As the CEO of D-Rev, she oversaw the launch of their products Brilliance, a treatment for neonatal jaundice and a prosthetic knee for amputees.[4] As a result, she was named one of Silicon Valley Business Journal's 40 Under 40 in 2011[5] and honoured by Vanderbilt University with their International Alumni Professional Achievement Award.[6]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Larson, Christine (January 11, 2014). "Light-Bulb Moments for a Nonprofit". New York Times. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ "Nova Scotia Expat: Solving Health Care Gaps the World Over". novascotiabusiness.com. March 25, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ Rees, Anna (July 1, 2015). "D-Rev Puts Design Thinking to Use in Healthcare". en.reset.org. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ Song, Kat (January 26, 2016). "Designing a Revolution and Bringing Healthcare Tech within Reach". aaas.org. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ "40 Under 40: Krista Donaldson". bizjournals.com. November 28, 2011. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ "Two engineering grads are 2018 alumni honorees". engineering.vanderbilt.edu. 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
External links
edit- Krista Donaldson publications indexed by Google Scholar